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Out enjoying a beautiful Friday morning.
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Live pretty close to a collector who has a couple Mustangs and p-40s, a P-38, B-25, a Wildcat and a bunch of trainers. He puts on an airshow every other year (This June 18) and it's amazing, gets warbirds in from all four corners of the Globe. If anyone lives close to South Western MN, it's worth the drive.As @Razorbak86 mentioned, one of the locals has a lot of cool stuff. It’s really neat to see them fly, but not so neat when you’re in the cub and they need you to clear the pattern.
I think I’ve posted pics of most of his war birds somewhere in this thread. The Marchetti is his newest, but he also got this bearcat recently. It’s big, but not as big as the super Corsair. I can’t imagine being a 19 yo turned loose in these machines with minimal training. There were a lot of destroyed planes and deaths just on take off and landings back then.
One more for good measure:
what I crewed in the ArmyA few of the cool planes at my home airport.
A typical day's preflight show:
Hey, I’ve been there… back when it was a little colder!Out enjoying a beautiful Friday morning.
It’s a little greener than it was back in March.Saturday morning biscuits and gravy!
Late response but man those things are cool to see in action. I was stationed at al udeid (2016-2017) when when they pulled the B-1s for maintenance and brought the B-52s to mid east for first tour in a very long time. So cool to watch them take off. Loud!!!WOW, after decades of false starts the Air Force finally awarded a contract to re-engine the mighty B-52. The fuel and maintenance savings alone will pay for the program.
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CAOC. Havent heard that since my DM and Al Udeid days.The green new deal people think the B-52s are a music group. They have no idea what is going on with military aircraft....just that all things that burn fossil fuels must die.
The A-10 has needed new motors since we started operating them at medium altitude during the first Gulf war in '91. The original TF-34s weren't meant for the desert or anything higher than about 10,000' MSL in transit to operating at 500' AGL or less IVO the Fulda Gap in Europe stopping Soviet tank hordes.
Throwing new parts at the old model motors isn't going to do squat. The A-10 ALWAYS operates at a 'reduced' trim power setting our engine guys would set. As soon as we would climb or operate at anything other than sea level on a standard day we were losing thrust...which isn't good when the CAOC restricts you to maintain above 10,000' for weapons deliveries.
No, the A-10 needs new motors, and has for 30+ years. This would have been a great opportunity to leverage two different programs against a COTS solution and actually be wise with taxpayer money.
Eventually another program will be started to re-engine the Hawg, and they will waste millions when it could have already been a done deal.
There is no other aircraft that can provide the type of CAS support the A-10 can (short of an AC-130, and they are mainly tasked to SOF and don't come out unless it's night), and the Air Force keeps having to find this out every 8-10 years.
Whatever...I did my 21, and now I'm just here for the muddin', premium pay trips and overnights!
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